1966 Topps #518 Braves Rookie Stars - Herb Hippauf / Arnie Umbach
On this card: Herb Hippauf, Arnie Umbach
About this card
The 46 Rookie Stars cards group a club's prospects under one number - except #553, which mixes Braves and Angels, and #591 NL Rookie Stars, which mixes Dodgers and Phillies. The class is headlined by #254 (Ferguson Jenkins, with Bill Sorrell) and #288 (Don Sutton, with Bill Singer).
The story on this card
Card #518 pairs Herb Hippauf with fellow pitcher Arnie Umbach on a Braves Rookie Stars card, part of the set's sixth print series. It doubles as Hippauf's rookie card, issued the same season he broke in with the Atlanta Braves, working three relief appearances for a club playing its first season in Atlanta after relocating from Milwaukee that winter. A hard-throwing lefty whose big-league career lasted just three relief outings for the 1966 Atlanta Braves, Herb Hippauf went on to a four-decade scouting career, becoming the Colorado Rockies' national cross-checker before his death in 1995.
1966 Topps #518 is a Rookie Stars card from print series 6, shared with fellow Braves prospect Herb Hippauf, and a recognized rookie card for Umbach. It marks his final major league season, the first for the Atlanta Braves in that city, when he worked 22 games, three as a starter, and posted a 3.10 ERA over 40.2 innings with 23 strikeouts, going 0-2. Right-hander Arnie Umbach signed with the Braves for a $100,000 bonus in 1961 and pitched in the majors for Milwaukee and Atlanta before becoming an Alabama attorney and Southern League counsel.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject (Herb Hippauf) · SABR BioProject (Arnold Umbach)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 228 | 0 | 19 | 114 | 50 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 4 |
| SGC | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Data as of 2026-09-04. Half grades fold down for both graders (8.5→8); PSA qualified slabs (OC, ST, PD, MC and the like) are not counted. Where SGC registers no separate row for a variation state, its slabs of that card are listed under the base state.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1966 Topps #518 card?
It is card #518 of the 598-card 1966 Topps Baseball set, picturing Herb Hippauf and Arnie Umbach. The 46 Rookie Stars cards group a club's prospects under one number - except #553, which mixes Braves and Angels, and #591 NL Rookie Stars, which mixes Dodgers and Phillies. The class is headlined by #254 (Ferguson Jenkins, with Bill Sorrell) and #288 (Don Sutton, with Bill Singer).
Is 1966 Topps #518 a rookie card?
Yes - #518 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Herb Hippauf and Arnie Umbach.
Why is #518 harder to find?
It is from the sixth print series, #447-522 - noticeably tougher than the first five. Nothing in #447-522 is short-printed.
How many cards are in the 1966 Topps Baseball set?
598 cards, tracked as 613 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 598 with no gaps and no number used twice, and 14 cards carry catalogued print variations - five checklists, the trade and sold statement backs, the three-state #43 Don Landrum, three team-card dot pairs and the #161 Jerry Lumpe white streak - that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, Baseball Almanac, Baseball-Reference, the SABR BioProject and the National Baseball Hall of Fame, PSA & SGC population reports. Card data compiled and maintained by T206Cards.com. Page last updated 2026-10-11.